Suffering a number of issues with my nose, including chronic congestion, heavy sneezing and waking up in most mornings with severe headaches. Last doctor I saw was convinced the headaches were neurological, the nasal symptoms irrelevant. But my nose has never "felt" right, it's particularly large and Roman and properly looking at it I feel a button below the bridge that clicks and affects which nostril I breathe through. Typically, I only breathe through one. Any advice? Does it need attention?
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Your swelling a month out from surgery is still surgical swelling. The swelling of the tip takes months to go away. ibuprofen typically may help with swelling slightly in the first 2-3 days after surgery, but many rhinoplasty surgeons avoid it because they worry about bleeding. At this point a...
Over projecting noses can become more flat in appearance through rhinoplasty techniques to decrease the overall projection of the nose, the tip and the dorsal height. A closed rhinoplasty approach can accomplish making all the changes to the nose with all the incisions placed on the inside o...
After 2 months, you will still be experiencing swelling. In general, 70% of the swelling is resolved after the first 3 months and the remainder goes down over time. Swelling may be influenced by the following: Whether the procedure was open or closed, whether the procedure was a revision, the...